⁍ A mixed relay cross-country race has been proposed for inclusion at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

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⁍ Each team would consist of two men and two women, with each member running two legs of the 2.5 kilometre course.

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⁍ World Athletics said it would meet with the Paris 2024 organising committee to work out details of the proposal.

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– For the first time in 100 years, the Olympics could feature cross-country racing. World Athletics announced a proposal Thursday to add a mixed relay race to the 2024 Games in Paris, Reuters reports. Each team would consist of two men and two women, with each member running two legs of the 2.5-kilometer course. “My love for athletics began with cross-country,” World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said. “It would be hugely symbolic for this wonderful athletic discipline to return to the fold after a century, and for a new generation of runners to fall in love with the glorious challenge of running off-piste.” The race would be held on the same course as the men’s and women’s marathon events. World Athletics said it would meet with the Paris 2024 organizing committee to work out details of the proposal, which would bring cross-country racing back to the Games after a 100-year absence. “My love for athletics began with cross country,’ World Athletics president Sebastian Coe told a news conference after a meeting in Monaco. “It would be hugely symbolic for this wonderful athletic discipline to return to the fold after a century, and for a new generation of runners to fall in love with the glorious challenge of running off-piste.”